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This post is directed to the multitude of irate #commenters I see on any number of public media outlets. I ask you, how could you not know?
I ask, how can you even pretend to be irate? You and a generation before you allowed for organizations to warehouse people in their declining years. Gone from sight, gone from mind.
When on an occasional visit you seen your #ancient parent or grandparent in her bed with a black eye, did you think to take her out of the home? Probably not. The reason she has a black eye is because the old person in the bed three feet away from her gets up every night and beats the crap out of her.
And, the caregivers? Why is there not a register for them to sign onto and get an approval to sign off like a marine book? I recall seeing an old lady, early 90s, being taken by her arms and thrown roughly into a chair where she floundered trying to get upright in the chair. The guy left the room laughing at the old woman's struggle. The video was viral, the caregiver was terminated but there is no record of where he went onto work.
Some families mounted their own video units in the rooms and have caught massive brutality of the senior. These have been put on the net and circulated for years.
I remember 20 years ago talking to a colleague about ideas of investing in old age, there is a wave coming at us. Must be a way to make a buck. (This was in the US) A for-profit nursing home has their first responsibility to their shareholders!
What is missing in the ageing process is a support mechanism to look after these people by their families which, is very difficult. More so if there is dementia involved.
I say again to those irate posters, how could you not know what was going on? The information has been out for you to access for a long time! This is not totally a government problem. It starts with you making up your mind your mom, dad or grandparents are going to get more than "warehouse" treatments and care!
This is a pandemic of its own. Same practices are throughout the USA. Most Canadian private companies are US owned and operated.
I ask, how can you even pretend to be irate? You and a generation before you allowed for organizations to warehouse people in their declining years. Gone from sight, gone from mind.
When on an occasional visit you seen your #ancient parent or grandparent in her bed with a black eye, did you think to take her out of the home? Probably not. The reason she has a black eye is because the old person in the bed three feet away from her gets up every night and beats the crap out of her.
And, the caregivers? Why is there not a register for them to sign onto and get an approval to sign off like a marine book? I recall seeing an old lady, early 90s, being taken by her arms and thrown roughly into a chair where she floundered trying to get upright in the chair. The guy left the room laughing at the old woman's struggle. The video was viral, the caregiver was terminated but there is no record of where he went onto work.
Some families mounted their own video units in the rooms and have caught massive brutality of the senior. These have been put on the net and circulated for years.
I remember 20 years ago talking to a colleague about ideas of investing in old age, there is a wave coming at us. Must be a way to make a buck. (This was in the US) A for-profit nursing home has their first responsibility to their shareholders!
What is missing in the ageing process is a support mechanism to look after these people by their families which, is very difficult. More so if there is dementia involved.
I say again to those irate posters, how could you not know what was going on? The information has been out for you to access for a long time! This is not totally a government problem. It starts with you making up your mind your mom, dad or grandparents are going to get more than "warehouse" treatments and care!
This is a pandemic of its own. Same practices are throughout the USA. Most Canadian private companies are US owned and operated.
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